Veeky Forums's Zeitgeist

So I was away from Veeky Forums for a couple years and recently came back and it's been kind of interesting to observe what seems to be Veeky Forums's hivemind on fashion. It seems to me that current Veeky Forums

>is wearing all black, or predominantly black

>is big on the "edgy" designers like Rick and Yohji (although most clearly can't afford either but at least are inspired by them)

>is big on urban techwear and utilitarian inspired stuff. Boots are still big, and the idea of carrying things like flashlights and knives and even guns on their person

>is okay with sneakers but despises streetwear otherwise, particularly the big, famous Japanese brands

Do you agree? Anything else to add? To what extent is Veeky Forums's collective taste guided by overall trends in the industry and to what extent is it different? What do you think accounts for this?

I like X-LARGE / X-GIRL, Visvim, and WTAPS
and Porter
not really into streetwear, though

>What do you think accounts for this?
viral marketing

honestly considering how fucking broke everybody here is (people defend buying fakes and fill up their wardroves with fast fashion garbage instead of the real thing) , I don't think they're marketing in the right place

Probably 70% of Veeky Forums is college students. A further 10% is high school students and then real people.

i think you got a decent handle

people are predominantly done buying into muh comfortable mfa boots because they finally realize the upper will likely last just as long as the sole if you dont buy really shit boots

one thing you really missed was russian stuff like vetaments, sputnick (for the cheapys) and gosha taking off

nikes are finally out, adidas // reebock are in
in the end Veeky Forums is probably as close to mainstream dressing as ever considering instagram models, chokers, and the HY memecut have not been phased out yet and we havent identified the next wave of style. plenty of dead ~waves came such as jewel-wave but never caught on.

personally I'm hoping DIY picks up because its a lot mroe personal, kinda fun, and you cant just buy your way into the latest bs trend

No I think this was maybe Veeky Forums two years ago

Now everybody dickrides lemaire, not that lemaire isn't great tho

I remember jewel-wave, it died as quickly as it started

OP here, my observation summed up in one post.
Go on any WAYWT thread. It's not an exaggeration to say that most people, like a clear plurality, are wearing almost full black.

I think people who originally came to Veeky Forums were just looking for mens fashion advice, plain and simple. There were only a few other places on the internet to really discuss men's fashion, primary styleforum/sz/sufu. sz was probably the best out of the three to really learn about "high/artisanal mens fashion" when people on Veeky Forums realized that fashion as a sociological concept was pretty interesting (and that knowing lots about fashion would get girls), but while sz has a great depth of knowledge about fashion, the range of designers they discuss is also very limited to a certain aesthetic. Sufu's member crossover with sz made such designers more relatable to an everyday streetwear/utilitarian aesthetic, and the rise of grailed made designer fashion more accessible as a whole. A lot of these self-professed fashion nerds soaked up the info on sz/sufu/sf like a sponge but neglect to also learn about the history of fashion, the current industry, or designers which don't fall within the sz range, which is probably why "avant-garde" fashion is so preferred here, but people don't necessarily pay attention to runway fashion. Veeky Forums also allows everyone from these forums/subreddits to yell about stuff without a username attached, probably in a similar manner to how the Lolita community uses /cgl/.